Definition of Attainder. Meaning of Attainder. Synonyms of Attainder

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Definition of Attainder

Attainder
Attainder At*tain"der, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse, convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.] 1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder. --Abbott. Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony, and involved the forfeiture of all the real and personal property of the condemned person, and such ``corruption of blood' that he could neither receive nor transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or testify in any court, or claim any legal protection or rights. In England attainders are now abolished, and in the United States the Constitution provides that no bill of attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of treason (in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted. 2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation. [Obs.] He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak. Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a legislative body, condemning a person to death or outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence.

Meaning of Attainder from wikipedia

- In English criminal law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime...
- A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder, writ of attainder, or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group...
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- Following the trial of Charles I in January 1649, 59 commissioners (judges) signed his death warrant. They, along with several key ****ociates and numerous...
- return to England on taking an oath of abjuration. In 1662 the bill of attainder against his father was reversed by Parliament, and he regained the title...
- James II, and in 1685 was one of the prin****l supporters of the act of attainder against the Duke of Monmouth; but he remained in England when William...
- while taking aim on his neck. Russell was exonerated by reversal of his attainder under William III. Russell did not confess; in fact, he pleaded that he...
- his execution, all of Seymour's property was seized by the Crown. His attainder was reversed by Parliament in 1550, although the property was not returned...
- Sir Henry Bond, 2nd Baronet (died 1721) was an English Jacobite. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Bond, 1st Baronet, and succeeded his father in the...